In this video, I show you exactly how to access phpMyAdmin on DreamHost for a specific website database. Many times when you install WordPress using DreamHost’s default WordPress script, you select the “automatically create database” option—so DreamHost creates the database and credentials for you, and then you’re like: “Okay, now how do I open that database?” That’s what I cover step-by-step so you can manage your MySQL database without confusion. I start from the DreamHost panel by going to Websites → MySQL Databases, where you can see the database hostname and options. If you click phpMyAdmin next to the database, it opens a URL and asks for a username and password. To get the correct login details for that specific website database, I go to Manage Websites → Manage, then inside the database section I open Login Info, copy the username and password, and paste them into phpMyAdmin. After login, you can access the database linked with that website only. One important takeaway (and a security best-practice) is: if you need to share database access with a developer, don’t share root or master credentials that expose all databases on the hosting. Instead, share only the credentials for that particular website database—clean, limited access, and safer.